If you haven’t discovered grüner veltliner, Austria’s most famous wine, please pick up a bottle of it the next time you visit a wine shop. You may ignite a lifelong love affair.
Here are my five reasons to love grüner.
1. Grüner veltliner represents value at all price levels.
You can find delicious, quaffable grüner in liter bottles for under $15, or thrilling, complex grüner for $50 or more for a standard 750-ml bottle. Even those bottles on the higher end of the spectrum can rival much more expensive white burgundies in their depth and thrill factor.
